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"Would have been" or "Had it been"?
"Would have been" or "Had it been"?
Are they the same thing ?
A few weeks ago in a newspaper in Boston appeared a comment about the kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears, somebody replied to a reader who was complaining about why the paper had published such a picture on the cover, and this person said , HAD IT BEEN Ben Afleck and JLo nobody would have said anything.
If I change to WOULD HAVE BEEN Ben Afleck and JLo, that change means the same ?
Thanks
Are they the same thing ?
A few weeks ago in a newspaper in Boston appeared a comment about the kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears, somebody replied to a reader who was complaining about why the paper had published such a picture on the cover, and this person said , HAD IT BEEN Ben Afleck and JLo nobody would have said anything.
If I change to WOULD HAVE BEEN Ben Afleck and JLo, that change means the same ?
Thanks
Top answer
Nope: "Had it been" means "If it was/were"
- Nope: "Had it been" means "If it was/were"
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" Had it been Ben Afleck ..... " = " If it had been Ben Afleck .... "
This is the 3rd conditional case.
If it had been Ben Afleck and JLo nobody would have said anything.
the ' had been ' can't be replaced by ' would have been '. But the " If it had been " can be replaced by ' Had it been ' to fit into the 3rd condtional case.
This is the 3rd conditional case.
If it had been Ben Afleck and JLo nobody would have said anything.
the ' had been ' can't be replaced by ' would have been '. But the " If it had been " can be replaced by ' Had it been ' to fit into the 3rd condtional case.
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You cant replace that. Simply because, have you ever used would or will in if conditional statement? no, so same principle applies here.
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